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24: <h2><font color="#0000e0">The OpenBSD 4.1 Release:</font></h2>
25: <p>
1.11 david 26: To be released May 1, 2007<br>
1.1 deraadt 27: Copyright 1997-2007, Theo de Raadt.<br>
28: <font color="#e00000">ISBN 978-0-9731791-9-4</font>
29: <br>
30: <a href="lyrics.html#41">4.1 Song: (not yet announced)</a>
31: <p>
32:
33: <a href="#new">What's New</a><br>
34: <a href="#install">How to install</a><br>
35: <a href="#upgrade">How to upgrade</a><br>
36: <a href="#ports">How to use the ports tree</a><br>
37: <a href="orders.html">Ordering a CD set</a><br>
38:
39: <p>
40: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
41: To get the files for this release:
42: <ul>
43: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
44: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for
45: a list of mirror machines.
46: <li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/4.1/</font> directory on
47: one of the mirror sites.
48: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.10 deraadt 49: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata41.html">The 4.1 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 50: of bugs and workarounds.
1.9 deraadt 51: <li>See a <a href="plus41.html">detailed log of changes</a> between the
1.1 deraadt 52: 4.0 and 4.1 releases.
53: </ul>
54: </font></h3>
55: <br clear=all>
56:
57: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
58: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
59: XF4.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
60: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
61: the CDROM because of lack of space.
62: <p>
63:
64: <a name="new"></a>
65: <hr>
66: <p>
67: <h3><font color="#0000e0">What's New</font></h3>
68: <p>
69: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 4.1.
1.9 deraadt 70: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus41.html">changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 71: to 4.1.
72: <p>
73:
74: <ul>
75:
76: <li>New/extended platforms:
77: <ul>
1.4 dlg 78: <li><a href="landisk.html">OpenBSD/landisk</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 79: Various SH4-based appliances, made by IO-Data and resold by Plextor.
1.1 deraadt 80: <li><a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 81: UltraSPARC III based machines are now supported even better!
1.1 deraadt 82: </ul>
83: <p>
84:
1.6 deraadt 85: <li>Removed platforms:
86: <ul>
87: <li><a href="cats.html">OpenBSD/cats</a>.<br>
1.14 henning 88: Because the machines are very hard to find, and the developers
1.6 deraadt 89: hate them.
90: </ul>
91: <p>
92:
1.1 deraadt 93: <li>Improved hardware support, including:
94: <ul>
1.7 dlg 95: <li>New USB client controller support:
96: <ul>
97: <li>Support for the USB client functionality in the
98: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pxaudc&sektion=4">pxaudc(4)</a> driver on the Zaurus.
99: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbf&sektion=4">usbf(4)</a> midlayer for USB Client controllers.
100: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cdcef&sektion=4">cdcef(4)</a> driver for providing a CDCE function on USB client controllers.
101: </ul>
1.8 dlg 102: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cas&sektion=4">cas(4)</a> driver for Sun Cassini 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices.
1.12 jsg 103: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uow&sektion=4">uow(4)</a> driver for Maxim/Dallas DS2490 USB 1-Wire devices.
1.13 jsg 104: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=owsbm&sektion=4">owsbm(4)</a> driver for 1-Wire smart battery monitor devices.
1.12 jsg 105: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=zyd&sektion=4">zyd(4)</a> driver for ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.
106: q
107: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=moscom&sektion=4">moscom(4)</a> driver for MosChip Semiconductor MCS7703 based USB serial adapters.
108: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=glxsb&sektion=4&arch=i386">glxsb(4)</a> driver for AMD Geode LX Security Block devices.
109: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vic&sektion=4">vic(4)</a> driver for VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controllers.
110: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo&sektion=4">malo(4)</a> driver for Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network devices.
111: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pwdog&sektion=4">pwdog(4)</a> driver for Quancom PWDOG1 watchdog timer devices.
112: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uberry&sektion=4">uberry(4)</a> driver for Research In Motion Blackberry devices.
113: <li>New <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mbg&sektion=4">mbg(4)</a> driver for Meinberg Funkuhren radio clocks.
1.1 deraadt 114: </ul>
115: <p>
116:
117: <li>New tools:
118: <ul>
1.16 ! henning 119: <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=syslogd&sektion=8">syslogd(8)</a>
! 120: can now pipe logs directly to other programs, making real-time log analysis easier.
1.1 deraadt 121: </ul>
122: <p>
123:
124: <li>New functionality:
125: <ul>
1.16 ! henning 126: <li>
1.1 deraadt 127: </ul>
128: <p>
129:
130: <li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:
131: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 132: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 133: </ul>
134: <p>
135:
136: <li>Install/Upgrade process changes
137: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 138: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 139: </ul>
140: <p>
141:
1.11 david 142: <li>OpenSSH 4.6:
1.1 deraadt 143: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 144: <li>...
1.1 deraadt 145: </ul>
146: <p>
147:
1.11 david 148: <li>Over 4200 ports, NNNN pre-built packages, improved package tools.
1.1 deraadt 149: <p>
150:
151: <li>As usual, steady improvements in manual pages and other documentation.
152: <p>
153:
154: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
155: <ul>
156: <li>X.Org 6.9.0 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers
157: (+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)
158: <li>Gcc 2.95.3
159: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
160: and 3.3.5
161: (+ <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)
162: <li>Perl 5.8.8 (+ patches)
1.15 henning 163: <li>our improved and secured version of Apache 1.3, with SSL/TLS and DSO support
1.1 deraadt 164: <li>OpenSSL 0.9.7j (+ patches)
165: <li>Groff 1.15
1.11 david 166: <li>Sendmail 8.14.0, with libmilter
167: <li>Bind 9.3.4 (+ patches)
1.1 deraadt 168: <li>Lynx 2.8.5rel.4 with HTTPS and IPv6 support (+ patches)
169: <li>Sudo 1.6.8p9
170: <li>Ncurses 5.2
171: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
172: <li>Heimdal 0.7.2 (+ patches)
173: <li>Arla 0.35.7
174: <li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)
175: <li>Gdb 6.3 (+ patches)
176: </ul>
177: <p>
178:
179: </ul>
180:
181: <a name="install"></a>
182: <hr>
183: <p>
184: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>
185: <p>
186: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
187: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
188: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
189: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
190: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
191: purchased a CDROM instead.
192: <p>
193:
194: <hr>
195: Please refer to the following files on the three CDROMs or FTP mirror for
196: extensive details on how to install OpenBSD 4.1 on your machine:
197: <p>
198: <ul>
199: <li>CD1:4.1/i386/INSTALL.i386
200: <p>
201: <li>CD2:4.1/amd64/INSTALL.amd64
202: <li>CD2:4.1/macppc/INSTALL.macppc
203: <p>
204: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
205: <li>CD3:4.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64
206: <p>
207: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
208: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/armish/INSTALL.armish
209: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
210: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/hppa/INSTALL.hppa
1.3 deraadt 211: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/landisk/INSTALL.landisk
1.1 deraadt 212: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/luna88k/INSTALL.luna88k
213: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
214: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
215: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/mvme88k/INSTALL.mvme88k
216: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/sgi/INSTALL.sgi
217: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/vax/INSTALL.vax
218: <li>FTP:.../OpenBSD/4.1/zaurus/INSTALL.zaurus
219: </ul>
220: <hr>
221:
222: <p>
223: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
224: use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
225: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
226: <p>
227:
228: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>
229: <ul>
230: Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386
231: release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need
232: to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write
233: <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy and boot via the floppy drive.
234:
235: <p>
236: Use <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyB41.fs</i> instead for greater SCSI controller
237: support, or <i>CD1:4.1/i386/floppyC41.fs</i> for better laptop support.
238:
239: <p>
240: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
241: you can install across the network using PXE as described in
242: the included INSTALL.i386 document.
243:
244: <p>
245: If you are planning on dual booting OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
246: read INSTALL.i386.
247:
248: <p>
249: To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located
250: at <i>CD1:4.1/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,
251: use the
252: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>
253: utility. The following is an example usage of
254: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,
255: where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or
256: "rfd0a".
257:
258: <ul><pre>
259: # <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>
260: </pre></ul>
261:
262: <p>
263: Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or
264: your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot
265: floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to
266: <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
267: </ul>
268:
269: <p>
270: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>
271: <ul>
272: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.
273: Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust
274: your BIOS options first.
275: If you can't boot from the CD, you can create a boot floppy to install from.
276: To do this, write <i>CD2:4.1/amd64/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy, then
277: boot from the floppy drive.
278:
279: <p>
280: If you can't boot from a CD or a floppy disk,
281: you can install across the network using PXE as described in the included
282: INSTALL.amd64 document.
283:
284: <p>
285: If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to
286: read INSTALL.amd64.
287: </ul>
288:
289: <p>
290: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>
291: <ul>
292: Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the
293: <i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.
294:
295: <p>
296: Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot
297: /4.1/macppc/bsd.rd</i>
298: </ul>
299:
300: <p>
301: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>
302: <ul>
303: The 4.1 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you
304: can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your
305: ROM.
306:
307: <ul><pre>
308: ok <strong>boot cdrom 4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
309: or
310: > <strong>b sd(0,6,0)4.1/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>
311: </pre></ul>
312:
313: <p>
314: If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.
315: To do so you need to write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc/floppy41.fs</i> to a floppy.
316: For more information see <a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">FAQ 4.3.1</a>.
317: To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,
318: depending on the version of your ROM.
319:
320: <ul><pre>
321: ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>
322: or
323: > <strong>b fd()</strong>
324: </pre></ul>
325:
326: <p>
327: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
328: will most likely fail.
329:
330: <p>
331: If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either
332: setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the
333: INSTALL.sparc file.
334: </ul>
335:
336: <p>
337: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>
338: <ul>
339: Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.
340:
341: <p>
342: If this doesn't work, or if you don't have a CDROM drive, you can write
343: <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppy41.fs</i> or <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/floppyB41.fs</i>
344: (depending on your machine) to a floppy and boot it with <i>boot
345: floppy</i>. Refer to INSTALL.sparc64 for details.
346:
347: <p>
348: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
349: will most likely fail.
350:
351: <p>
352: You can also write <i>CD3:4.1/sparc64/miniroot41.fs</i> to the swap partition on
353: the disk and boot with <i>boot disk:b</i>.
354:
355: <p>
356: If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.
357: </ul>
358:
359: <p>
360: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>
361: <ul>
362: <p>Write <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppy41.fs</i> or
363: <i>FTP:4.1/alpha/floppyB41.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and
364: enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.
365:
366: <p>
367: Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install
368: will most likely fail.
369:
370: </ul>
371:
372: <p>
373: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/armish:</font></h3>
374: <ul>
375: <p>
376: After connecting a serial port, Thecus can boot directly from the network
377: either tftp or http. Configure the network using fconfig, reset,
378: then load bsd.rd, see INSTALL.armish for specific details.
379: IOData HDL-G can only boot from an EXT-2 partition. Boot into linux
380: and copy 'boot' and bsd.rd into the first partition on wd0 (hda1)
381: then load and run bsd.rd, preserving the wd0i (hda1) ext2fs partition.
382: More details are available in INSTALL.armish.
383: </ul>
384:
385: <p>
1.3 deraadt 386: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 387: <ul>
388: <p>
1.3 deraadt 389: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.
1.1 deraadt 390: </ul>
391:
392: <p>
1.3 deraadt 393: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 394: <ul>
395: <p>
1.3 deraadt 396: Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the
397: <a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.
1.1 deraadt 398: </ul>
399:
400: <p>
1.3 deraadt 401: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/landisk:</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 402: <ul>
1.11 david 403: <p>
1.3 deraadt 404: Write <i>CD3:4.1/landisk/miniroot41.fs</i> to the start of the CF
405: or disk, and boot normally.
1.1 deraadt 406: </ul>
407:
408: <p>
409: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>
410: <ul>
411: <p>
412: Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.
413: Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to
414: the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.
415: </ul>
416:
417: <p>
418: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>
419: <ul>
420: <p>
421: Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from
422: <i>FTP:4.1/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k
423: Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.
424: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.
425: </ul>
426:
427: <p>
428: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>
429: <ul>
430: <p>
431: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
432: The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
433: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k
434: for more details.
435: </ul>
436:
437: <p>
438: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>
439: <ul>
440: <p>
441: You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>
442: The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>
443: and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k
444: for more details.
445: </ul>
446:
447: <p>
448: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>
449: <ul>
450: <p>
451: Burn cd41.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and
452: select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.
453:
454: <p>
455: If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can
456: setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".
457: Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.
458: </ul>
459:
460: <p>
461: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>
462: <ul>
463: Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.
464: </ul>
465:
466: <p>
467: <h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>
468: <ul>
469: <p>
470: Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the
471: openbsd41_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus
472: for a few important details.
473: </ul>
474:
475: <p>
476: <h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
477: <ul>
478: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
479: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
480: in a separate archive. To extract:
481: <p>
482: <ul><pre>
483: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>
484: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
485: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>
486: </pre></ul>
487: <p>
488: sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
489: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
490: To extract:
491: <p>
492: <ul><pre>
493: # <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>
494: # <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
495: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>
496: </pre></ul>
497: <p>
498: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
499: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
500: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
501: Using these files
502: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
503: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
504: <p>
505: </ul>
506:
507: <a name="upgrade"></a>
508: <hr>
509: <p>
510: <h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>
511: <p>
512: If you already have an OpenBSD 4.0 system, and do not want to reinstall,
513: upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the
514: <a href="faq/upgrade41.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.
515:
516: <a name="ports"></a>
517: <hr>
518: <p>
519: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>
520: <p>
521: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
522: <p>
523: <ul><pre>
524: # <strong>cd /usr</strong>
525: # <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>
526: # <strong>cd ports</strong>
527: </pre></ul>
528: <p>
529: The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
530: read the <a href="ports.html">ports</a> page
531: if you know nothing about ports
532: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
533: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
534: OpenBSD ports system.
535: <p>
536: The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for
537: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">
538: cvs(1)</a> if
539: you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete
540: source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
541: order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree
542: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
543: like:
544: <p>
545: <ul><pre>
1.11 david 546: # <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_4_1</strong>
1.1 deraadt 547: </pre></ul>
548: <p>
549: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
550: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
551: server.]
552: <p>
553: Note that most ports are available as packages through FTP. Updated
554: packages for the 4.1 release will be made available if problems arise.
555: <p>
556: If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
557: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
558: place to know.
559: <p>
560:
561: <hr>
562: <a href="index.html"><img height="24" width="24" src="back.gif" border="0"
563: alt="OpenBSD"></a>
564: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
565: <br><small>
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